Very true - although I now work at Kuoni Gardens... so it's a bitt furthr away!J.R. wrote:Great Plum wrote:And JR - I have no scanner so i can't help you much....
You don't exactly work a million miles from my front door ! (About one mile, to be exact).
I'd be more than happy to scan and enter anything you want on this site.
P.M. me ! (John.)
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The art school car park bogs were painted black and absolutely STANK - if you were desparate for a pee you had to hold your breath - number 2s were out of the question, though a lad called Earland showed me the ladies which were warm, clean , had doors and were never used - so we used that for smoking and if in need of a sit down.
Somewhere I have a photo or two of me and a friend in the bog there - I think we are smoking but not sure - one day I will try to fish out all my ancient photos...
Somewhere I have a photo or two of me and a friend in the bog there - I think we are smoking but not sure - one day I will try to fish out all my ancient photos...
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and of course as one or two of the eagle eyed have noticed, it was used as the "classroom" and "dorms" for rock school, although the children never slept in there.Great Plum wrote:I think it's currently empty...Richard Ruck wrote:So what's happened to the Prep block now? I assume it will still be needed as temporary housing if the other boarding houses get refurbished....
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Would I be correct in assuming that you are a Rock School parent?stpandp wrote:and of course as one or two of the eagle eyed have noticed, it was used as the "classroom" and "dorms" for rock school, although the children never slept in there.Great Plum wrote:I think it's currently empty...Richard Ruck wrote:So what's happened to the Prep block now? I assume it will still be needed as temporary housing if the other boarding houses get refurbished....
Actually, I was scratching my head vis-a-vis a few of the locations.
Now I know why.....
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I did notice they put a classroom in there - I guess it was to keep the noise away from other classes...stpandp wrote:and of course as one or two of the eagle eyed have noticed, it was used as the "classroom" and "dorms" for rock school, although the children never slept in there.Great Plum wrote:I think it's currently empty...Richard Ruck wrote:So what's happened to the Prep block now? I assume it will still be needed as temporary housing if the other boarding houses get refurbished....
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I recognised the Prep Block from the camera shots, although it didn't have that fire escape staircase in our day. That answers my puzzlement about the dorms though. I'm surprised they didn't use the hall for rehearsal shots rather than the Octagon (bad memories of deps divinity with grolly in there). Or perhaps the Prep Block Hall doesn't exist any more - has the building changed much ?
Was that Dave Earland by the way - he was my nursemaid in LHA back in 1972.
Was that Dave Earland by the way - he was my nursemaid in LHA back in 1972.
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Yes, I am a "rock school parent", and our son (who's just left CH) was in the prep block during the Lamb refurbishment. It is mostly bedrooms/dorms, and feels like a boarding house.JamesF35 wrote:I recognised the Prep Block from the camera shots, although it didn't have that fire escape staircase in our day. That answers my puzzlement about the dorms though. I'm surprised they didn't use the hall for rehearsal shots rather than the Octagon (bad memories of deps divinity with grolly in there). Or perhaps the Prep Block Hall doesn't exist any more - has the building changed much ?
Was that Dave Earland by the way - he was my nursemaid in LHA back in 1972.
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My memory's a bit faded on this one, but I think it was on the left of the downstairs corridor.......Hendrik wrote:i still can't even fathom where it would be in the prep block, or playing basketball in there (it must have been big then), or having rock concerts there. none of the rooms in the prep block seemed very big.
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